Lucy and Dominic won a wedding from Wedding Venues And Services, and Milestone helped to make the day special.

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Wedding Venues and Services, Spring 2004

Childhood Sweethearts

Lucy Crane and Dominic Morley, 13th September 2003

When Lucy and Dominic were 12 years old they belonged to the same
youth club - some years later they returned to be married in the
adjacent church!

THEY MET
when we were 12 years old at a youth club! The couple remained friends
for years but didn’t start dating until they were 20.

THEY TIED THE KNOT
at the church next to our childhood youth club, St Michael & All
Angels in Hughenden Valley at 1pm on a beautiful sunny day with the
reception afterwards at Lillibrooke Manor, near Maidenhead.

THE VENUE
was one of the few places close enough to the church and large enough
for the number of guests and was located through Country House Wedding
Venues (01244 572030; www.wedding venues.co.uk). It also bowled the
couple over with its fairytale charm, surrounded by vineyards and
fields and they loved the fact that the whole place was theirs for the
day, including an elegant interior, two courtyards and a bar area
converted from a former exercise room for horses.

WEDDING PLANS
took on a whole new aspect when the couple won the competition for a
wedding co ordinator in Wedding Venues & Services magazine. Helen
Hitchcock at Milestone Weddings (020 8488 7223; www.milestoneweddings.co.uk)
had fantastic ideas about how to make the couple’s wedding dreams
a reality, from bows on the pew ends in the church and a white London
taxi as the wedding car (to incorporate their love of London where they
currently live) to ideas on making their own wedding stationery. Helen
also liaised with all the suppliers, sorted out the prices and details,
picked up the cake, set up the venue in the morning and ensured
everything ran smoothly on the day. The couple found it saved money by
having contacts and wedding negotiation skills, and took away a huge
amount of stress, especially on the day when they didn’t have to
think about a thing!

SHE WORE
an ivory strapless dress by Rosetta Nicolini from House of Fraser
(0870 1607258; www.houseoffraser.co.uk) with a long train, a full
length crystal studded veil by Joyce Jackson, ivory high heeled shoes
with a sparkling buckle from Paradox and a tiara by Liza. The bouquet
was made up of ivory calla lilies and foliage hand tied with ribbon -
Flowers by Maggie (01628 635732).

HE WORE
a grey morning coat with tails, light stripe trousers and an ivory and
silver waistcoat with a silver cravat.

THE BRIDESMAIDS
had dark red strapless gowns from Monsoon with matching shoes and
smaller versions of the bridal bouquet.

DURING THE CEREMONY
over a hundred guests watched on as the couple, filled with emotion,
exchanged their vows. Lucy was so nervous that she had to have a bottle
of water during the ceremony and Dominic welled up during the readings
and when signing the register. All the guests commented afterwards that
they had never seen two people smile so much!

AT THE RECEPTION
a love heart theme decorated the tables with name cards that said
‘dream boy’ or ‘dream girl’ and menus with the
wording ‘dishy, try me, start now’. The table names were
all love hearts too - ‘love’, ‘lush lips’ and
‘wild thing’ - and there were white and red ‘just
married’ love hearts scattered on the tables like confetti.
Candles created a warm atmosphere while a surprise addition had been
made by the parents - a montage on the back wall of photos of the
couple growing up!